Ballgames On Stage And Field

FREE TIME - Exploring

Make the trek to a neighboring county to see what's happening around Central Florida this weekend.

LAKE

BASEBALL COMEDY COMES TO TOWN

Red Moon Theatre Joint, a new theater company in Orlando that opened in July, has taken its production of Rounding Third to The Box in Mount Dora.

The Richard Dresser comedy featuring Rus Blackwell and Mark Ferrera chronicles the antic collision between two Little League coaches, one an ex-jock who believes in winning at all costs and the other a dad who thinks playing ball is about having fun. Trudy Bruner directs.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Wednesdays through Nov. 3 at The Box, behind the main stage at the IceHouse Theatre, 1100 N. Unser St.

The Box is a venue for productions of contemporary or experimental plays.

Tickets are $14.50 for adults and $9.50 for students.

Details: 352-383-4616 or icehousetheatre .com.

BIG-BAND DANCE

A big-band dance will be presented from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Lake Receptions, 4425 State Road 19-A, Mount Dora.

The Southern Express will play the music of Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Glenn Miller.

A cash bar and complimentary snacks are included.

Tickets are $12 at the door.

The dance will benefit the Lake-Sumter Community College Foundation Scholarship Fund.

For ticket information, call 352-365-3518.

ORANGE

MASQUERADE BALL

The Central Florida Chapter of the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association will have a Masquerade Ball dance party from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday at the Bahia Shrine Auditorium, 2300 Pembrook Drive, Orlando.

Halloween costumes are encouraged.

Dancing includes swing, waltz, tango, cha-cha, hustle rumba, salsa, merengue and bolero as well as free group salsa dance lesson at 7:30 and a dance exhibition.

Cost: $8.

Details: John Davis at 407-644-6286.

ART LECTURE

Dahlia Morgan, director of the Patricia & Philip Frost Art Museum at the Florida International University, Miami, will give a free lecture, "A Director's Journey: Building a New Museum," at 3 p.m. Sunday in the SunTrust Auditorium in Crummer Hall at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park.

Details: 407-646-2526.

OSCEOLA

SOFTBALL DOUBLE-HEADER

The Amazing International One-Arm Bandits will play the Moca Softball Team for two sets of two games in an adult softball "Double-Header Extravaganza."

The teams will step up to the plate at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Buenaventura Lakes baseball field and at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Thacker Avenue softball field.